Objectives: Health promotion policies have been developed and implemented in most developed countries. The purpose of this study is to compare the national health promotion plans among Korea, Japan and USA. Methods: Data were collected and involved overview of health promotion plans, formulation of policy, evaluation, monitoring and research, implementation in each countries. I got the some literatures over the governmental websites related to the health promotion. The data from each country were analyzed for comparison. Results: The goals of Healthy People 2020 are to attain high-quality, longer lives, to achieve health equity, to create social and physical environments, to promote quality of life across all life stages. Those of Healthy Japan 21 are increasing the year of healthy life and reducing health disparities. and Those of Health Plan 2020 are prolonging of healthy age and improvement of healthy equity. The number of topic areas and objectives of health promotion in each countries were different. Healthy People 2020 lacks participation of community people and stakeholders in the process of planning, impletation, evaluation. Conclusion: The planning models of health promotion were different among countries. But they reflect the social determinants of health. The health plan goals of Korea were similar to Japan. but were different from USA. The implementation and evaluation systems of USA and Japan were systematic and performed well than those of Korea.